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<p>Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for our weekly business segment The Bottom Line.</p><p></p><p>This week, Dave and Mark talk with National Grid spokesman David Graves. They go over the permitting process of stringing new power lines around the island, and why a growing hunger for juice has forced the utility to upgrade.</p><p></p><p><strong>When to Listen</strong></p><p>You can hear The Bottom Line each Friday at 5:50pm.</p>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:05:47 +0000Dave Fallon & Mark Murphy45540 at http://ripr.orgThe Bottom Line: Why Natl’ Grid Must Upgrade On Aquidneck Island National Grid: $93M Updates Needed On Growing Aquidneck Islandhttp://ripr.org/post/national-grid-93m-updates-needed-growing-aquidneck-island
<p>National Grid said the tremendous growth on Aquidneck Island has prompted it to spend $93 million on upgrading its power system there.</p><p></p><p>The utility said the current system is outdated and will soon be overwhelmed. How outdated is it? Well, one substation was built in 1949.</p>Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:40:21 +0000Catherine Welch45434 at http://ripr.orgMiddletown Officials Working To Bring Broadband Internet To Aquidneck Islandhttp://ripr.org/post/middletown-officials-working-bring-broadband-internet-aquidneck-island
<p>Officials in Middletown say slow internet speeds are driving away business, and they’re urging&nbsp; Newport and Portsmouth to help pay for a faster internet for all of Aquidneck Island.</p><p></p>Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:33:20 +0000Catherine Welch43165 at http://ripr.orgMiddletown Officials Working To Bring Broadband Internet To Aquidneck Island10-Cent Tolls Set to Begin on Sakonnet River Bridgehttp://ripr.org/post/10-cent-tolls-set-begin-sakonnet-river-bridge
<p>The state is slated to begin charging a new 10-cent toll on the Sakonnet River Bridge next Monday.&nbsp; Yet it’s not exactly clear how the state will collect that money.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The General Assembly added the 10-cent toll, basically as a placeholder, at the end of the legislative session. The legislature took that action because the absence of a toll on the new span could prevent the state from adding one at a later date. State Rep John Edwards of Tiverton says the toll remains unpopular in the East Bay.</p>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:32:12 +0000Ian Donnis19976 at http://ripr.org10-Cent Tolls Set to Begin on Sakonnet River BridgePortsmouth Girl Was Victim of Internet Predatorhttp://ripr.org/post/portsmouth-girl-was-victim-internet-predator
<p>Portsmouth police said a girl who went missing Wednesday, but has since been found alive, was the victim of an internet predator.</p><p>Portsmouth police said the 13-year-old was found alive at 1:00 am Thursday in an apartment in Haskell, New Jersey. The man who allegedly took her there, 27-year-old Daniel Berger, has been charged with transporting a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.&nbsp; Police said Botelho went with Berger willingly but that he should have known she was a minor just by looking at her.</p>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:09:39 +0000Flo Jonic19049 at http://ripr.orgWorker Dies After Mt Hope Bridge Fall, OSHA Investigatinghttp://ripr.org/post/worker-dies-after-mt-hope-bridge-fall-osha-investigating
<p>A worker who fell from the Mt Hope Bridge Tuesday has died, according to the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.</p><p>OSHA/Rhode Island director Patrick Griffin said a worker fell 30 feet while scaffolding was being removed after a painting job.&nbsp; The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority said it was 70 feet. He landed on the deck of the bridge.</p><p>The accident happened at around 8:30am Tuesday and was reported to OSHA at 9:00 am.</p>Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:53:04 +0000Flo Jonic18884 at http://ripr.orgWorker Dies After Mt Hope Bridge Fall, OSHA InvestigatingPortsmouth Residents Celebrate Town Founder Anne Hutchinsonhttp://ripr.org/post/portsmouth-residents-celebrate-town-founder-anne-hutchinson
<p>Portsmouth residents are celebrating that town’s 375<sup>th</sup> anniversary this year.&nbsp; Sunday, the focus was on one of the town’s founders: Anne Hutchinson.&nbsp;</p><p></p><p></p><p>Protecting themselves against the heat of the sun with a red, white and blue striped tent, about 200 Portsmouth residents showed up at Founders Brook Park to celebrate the life of founder Anne Hutchinson.&nbsp; Three new granite benches, each bearing a quotation attributed her, were unveiled.&nbsp; And documentary maker Elizabeth Vangel was on hand to fill in the uneducated about her life.</p>Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:53:47 +0000Flo Jonic18811 at http://ripr.orgPortsmouth Residents Celebrate Town Founder Anne HutchinsonNew Bikeway on Aquidneck Island in the Workshttp://ripr.org/post/new-bikeway-aquidneck-island-works
<p>Progress continues for an 18-mile bike path on Aquidneck Island, which will extend from the new Sakonnet River Bridge in Portsmouth to the Newport beaches.&nbsp;</p><p>Tina Dolen, the Executive Director of the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, says that ideas for a bikeway began in 2004 when the Commission produced the West Side Master Plan.&nbsp; She adds that this project will cost them less time and money than another bike project, the Shoreline Bikeway, also in the works.&nbsp;</p><p>Dolen states that this development will be beneficial for everybody.</p>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:28:42 +0000Talia Ghazal18519 at http://ripr.orgPortsmouth Continues to Fight Sakonnet River Bridge Tollshttp://ripr.org/post/portsmouth-continues-fight-sakonnet-river-bridge-tolls
<p>The town of Portsmouth is continuing to challenge the imminent imposition of tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge.</p><p>The town is appealing a federal court decision issued last week which allowed the tolling to proceed. Portsmouth town solicitor said they’ve asked the First Circuit Court of Appeals for an expedited ruling on their request for an injunction because the tolls are scheduled to start next month.</p>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:32:42 +0000Flo Jonic16704 at http://ripr.orgHouse Committee Considering Alternative to Sakonnet River Tollhttp://ripr.org/post/house-committee-considering-alternative-sakonnet-river-toll
<p>The House Finance Committee is slated Tuesday to consider a bill to block a toll planned for the Sakonnet River Bridge. The legislation would use a different approach to pay for bridge maintenance.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Legislation co-sponsored by state Representative John Edwards uses increased vehicle inspection fees and other sources to pay for keeping up bridges. The bill would also expand the oversight of the state Turnpike and Bridge Authority to cover all bridges longer than 700 feet.</p><p></p>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:26:22 +0000Ian Donnis16703 at http://ripr.orgHouse Committee Considering Alternative to Sakonnet River Toll